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On 23 February 1969 the base was attacked by PAVN sappers. SSGT Robert W. Hartsock would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the attack. [5] 21 U.S. and 73 PAVN were killed in the attack. The 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division comprising: 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry [2]: 137 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry [2]: 137
Vam Co Dong north of Go Dau Ha: Jul 29 – Aug 30: Operation Camden II [3] 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment operation to protect a land clearing team (US), and conduct reconnaissance in force operations to locate and destroy VC main force units in AO (Area Operations) Mindy
The Battle of Binh Ba, also known as Operation Hammer, was a hard-fought, but one-sided, battle. Troops from the 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR) fought a PAVN/VC force in the village of Binh Ba , 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy Province resulting in 107 PAVN/VC killed and eight captured for the loss of one ...
Tây Ninh province served as a major terminus of the Ho Chi Minh trail during the Vietnam War, and in 1969 the Viet Cong captured Tây Ninh town and held it for several days. During the period of conflict between Cambodia and Vietnam in the late 1970s, the Khmer Rouge launched a number of cross-border raids into Tây Ninh province and committed ...
North Vietnamese forces took a more grand strategic view than did the U.S. and South Vietnam with a protracted warfare model, in their concept of dau tranh, or "struggle", where the goal coupling military and political initiatives alongside each-other; there are both military and organisational measures that support the political goal.
Vietnam in HD (known as Vietnam Lost Films outside the US) is a 6-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 8 to November 11, 2011 on the History Channel. From the same producers as WWII in HD , the program focuses on the firsthand experiences of thirteen Americans during the Vietnam War .
Tet 1969 refers to the attacks mounted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong (VC) in February 1969 in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, one year after the original Tet Offensive. Most attacks centered on military targets near Saigon and Da Nang and were quickly beaten off.
Battle at Best (1963) World War I (1964) Battles of the Monsoon (1965) The Vietnam Primer (1967) (with David H. Hackworth) Swift Sword: The Historical Record of Israel's Victory, June 1967 (1967) Ambush (1968) (The battle of Dau Tieng) Bird; the Christmastide battle (1968)